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Creative Writing Resources For Secondary School Students

Edited by: Irem Yesildag

Updated: 22.04.2025

Read time: 1 min read

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Do you LOVE writing? Want to find out more about creative writing and what it takes to be a writer? Any idea about the career prospects that come with being a creative writer?

At the demand of our creative writing summer course students, we’ve put together a guide to give you a detailed overview of everything you need to know about creative writing.

You’ll learn about:

What is creative writing?
Creative writing tips and how to use them
Creative writing examples and why they’re good
Creative writing exercises (over 30!)
Creative writing prompts
Creative writing prompts for middle school students
Creative writing prompts for high school students
What is the difference between prose and poetry?
A Level Requirements for Creative Writing
Best UK Universities For Creative Writing and what makes them good
Career choices that creative writers have and what their salaries are
& much more

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About the editor

Irem Yesildag

Masters Student at The University of Warwick

Irem Yesildag is currently studying Writing with the Warwick Writing Programme after completing her undergraduate in English Literature and Creative Writing at The Open University. While obtaining her degree, she worked with the Happy Baby Community, a charity dedicated to helping asylum seeking mothers and their children. She found herself going from a volunteer to a Children’s Programme Coordinator within a few years and returns to volunteer every chance she gets.

Irem is working with Immerse Education for the first time as freelance editor and is very excited to be involved with a company dedicated to education.

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